Papyrus
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Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing material. It was first known to have been used in Egypt, as the papyrus plant was once abundant across the Nile
Papyrus (P. BM EA 10591 recto column IX, beginning of lines 13–17)
An official letter on a papyrus of the 3rd century BCE
Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century CE
Sections of Hunefer's Book of the Dead written on papyrus
Parchment
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Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves and goats. It has been used as a writing medium in West Asia and Europe for more than two
Papyrus
…papyrus began being collected together in the form of codices akin to the modern book. This may have been mimicking the book-form of codices created with parchment. Early Christian writers soon adopted the codex form, and in the Greco-Roman world, it became common to cut sheets from papyrus rolls to form codices…
Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame
Parchment with a quill and ink
Latin grant dated 1329, written on fine parchment or vellum, with seal
A 1385 copy of the Sachsenspiegel, a German legal code, written on parchment with straps and clasps on the binding